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Israel keeps up military pressure on Gaza City ahead of planned offensive Peter Beaumont Has Israel begun its offensive to conquer Gaza City or is it hype? Following several weeks…
There will be rolling strike action across the London Underground (LU) beginning on Friday 5 September for seven days, the RMT union has announced. The strikes come after management refused…
Harvests are coming two weeks early because of drought, Waitrose has said, as it prepares to stock autumnal fruit in summer. Farmers that supply the supermarket are harvesting wheat, oilseed…
The average rate on a five-year fixed mortgage has dropped below 5% for the first time since May 2023, as the cost of borrowing continues to fall steadily. The average…
Americans worry democracy in danger amid gerrymandering fights, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Most Americans believe that efforts to redraw U.S. House of Representatives districts to maximize partisan gains, like those under…
Will Jefford BBC News, Birmingham West Midlands Police Jurors deliberated for almost 21 hours before convicting Aimee Betro of conspiracy to murder A US woman at the centre of a…
After a week of high-stakes diplomacy aimed at halting the war in Ukraine, United States President Donald Trump says he is set on arranging a summit between Russian President Vladimir…
A woman who was jailed for stirring up racial hatred in the aftermath of the Southport attack has been released from prison. Lucy Connolly, 42, whose husband serves on Northampton…
Russia has launched hundreds of drones and missiles on western Ukraine overnight in one of the heaviest bombardments in recent weeks, Ukrainian officials have said. Strikes were reported in Zaporizhzhia,…
In August, Paris is uncharacteristically quiet as hordes of residents scatter to the country’s beaches and coasts for a yearly month of vacation. Businesses close and the city nearly grinds…